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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ji Li request to work somewhere for the summer?

2. What was a study session?

3. When did Fan Wen Chong come to visit?

4. What did Ji Li do while Fan Wen Chong was helped?

5. What made Ji Li mad when she heard the family was being interviewed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ji Li stop going to school all together?

2. What did Zhang tell Ji Li when she asked about being chosen to help with the Exhibition?

3. How did Ji Li cheer up Ji Yun when she was bullied?

4. What made Ji Li so nervous about presenting at the Class Education Exhibition?

5. What did Ji Li hear her father say the night before Chinese New Year?

6. What did Ji Li say to Comrade Ma about her family?

7. What did Zhang Xin say when he first met Ji Li?

8. Why was Ji Li chosen to help with the Exhibition?

9. Why did Ji Li start staying home from school in Jr. High?

10. Why did Uncle Fan come to Ji Li's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

How was the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which people were most affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

Ji Li endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

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